AP美联社一分钟新闻 2008-08-07
时间：2019-02-11 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2008年(八)月
1.The FBI has released documents saying Army scientist Bruce Ivins had custody 1 of anthrax spores 3 identical to those that killed five and sickened at least 17 others in 2001.The FBI also says Ivins worked unusually late lab work hours around the time of the attacks.Ivins committed suicide last week as prosecutors 4 were planning to charge him with murder.
2.A former driver for Osama bin 5 Laden 6 could face life in prison.A jury of six military officers at Guantanamo Bay convicted Salim Hamdan of supporting terrorism but cleared him of conspiracy 7 charges. The White House says it's pleased with the outcome.
3.President Bush told China that America is firmly opposed to the way the Communist government represses its own people. In his speech delivered from Bangkok on the cusp of the Olympic Games.Bush balanced his criticism with praise for China's market reforms.
4.The last survivor 8 of the mountaineering disaster that killed 11 people has been rescued by helicopter from K2, the world's second highest peak.The frostbitten 37-year-old Italian climber was taken to a nearby military hospital.
WORDS IN THE NEWS
1.spore 2 [countable]n.
a cell like a seed that is produced by some plants such as mushrooms and can develop into a new plant
2.clear [transitive usually passive]v.
to prove that someone is not guilty of something
clear somebody of (doing) something
e.g.
Maya was cleared of manslaughter.
a long-running legal battle to clear his name
3.conspiracy plural 9 conspiracies 10 [uncountable and countable]n.
a secret plan made by two or more people to do something that is harmful or illegal
4.on the cusp of
be on the cusp of something
[singular] to be at the time when a situation or state is going to change
e.g.The country was on the cusp of economic expansion.
5.mountaineering [uncountable]n.
the sport of climbing mountains
6.K2 also Mount Godwin Austen
the second highest mountain in the world after Mount Everest, on the border between Kashmir and China
7.frostbitten adj.
frostbite [uncountable]n.
a condition caused by extreme cold, that makes your fingers and toes swell, become darker, and sometimes fall off
- He spent a week in custody on remand awaiting sentence.等候判决期间他被还押候审一个星期。
- He was taken into custody immediately after the robbery.抢劫案发生后，他立即被押了起来。
- A spore can quickly spread and form a mould.一个孢子能迅速蔓延并形成霉。
- The cation penetrates the spore.这种阳离子能透入孢子。
- Ferns, mosses and fungi spread by means of spores. 蕨类植物、苔藓和真菌通过孢子传播蔓生。
- Spores form a lipid membrane during the process of reproducing. 孢于在生殖过程中形成类脂膜。 来自英汉非文学 - 生命科学 - 预防生物武器
- In some places,public prosecutors are elected rather than appointed. 在有些地方，检察官是经选举而非任命产生的。 来自口语例句
- You've been summoned to the Prosecutors' Office, 2 days later. 你在两天以后被宣到了检察官的办公室。
- He emptied several bags of rice into a bin.他把几袋米倒进大箱里。
- He threw the empty bottles in the bin.他把空瓶子扔进垃圾箱。
- He is laden with heavy responsibility.他肩负重任。
- Dragging the fully laden boat across the sand dunes was no mean feat.将满载货物的船拖过沙丘是一件了不起的事。
- The men were found guilty of conspiracy to murder.这些人被裁决犯有阴谋杀人罪。
- He claimed that it was all a conspiracy against him.他声称这一切都是一场针对他的阴谋。
- The sole survivor of the crash was an infant.这次撞车的惟一幸存者是一个婴儿。
- There was only one survivor of the plane crash.这次飞机失事中只有一名幸存者。
- Most plural nouns in English end in's '.英语的复数名词多以s结尾。
- Here you should use plural pronoun.这里你应该用复数代词。
- He was still alive and hatching his conspiracies. 他还活着，策划着阴谋诡计。 来自辞典例句
- It appeared that they had engaged in fresh conspiracies from the very moment of their release. 看上去他们刚给释放，立刻开始新一轮的阴谋活动。 来自英汉文学